Wire fence.



A. G. JOHNSON.

WIRE FENCE Patented Dec. 18, 1-917.

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' ED STATS PATN AUGUST G. JOHNSON, 0F MONESSEN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB,TO PITTSBURGH STEEL COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATIONOF PENN- SYLVAN IA.

WIRE FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

Application filed February 26, 1914. Serial No. 821,297.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST G. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Monessen, in the county of WVestmoreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wire Fences;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention relates to wire-fences.

The object of my invention is to construct a fence from wire of a neatand attractive design in which the cross-pieces are welded to thestrand-wires, the cross-pieces having arched portions extending abovethe upper strand-wire and the arched portion of one wire overlapping andwelded to the arched portion of the adjoining wire the free upper endsof said crosswires being in line with the upper strand-wire, whereby thefree ends of said wires do not project out in position to catch on theclothing or person, but a smooth even construction is obtained.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a front view of my improvedfence; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section on the line -l4 Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is asection on the line 55 Fig. 1.

My improved fence is made up of wire of proper gage to give thenecessary rigidity and in welding the parts of the fence together, Iprefer to employ a suitable electric welding process. The fence consistsof any suitable number of the strand-wires 2 and 3 connected by thecross-wires 4c. These cross-wires 4 each consist of the straight portion5 and the arched top-portion 6. The cross-Wires are welded to thestrand-wires as at 7 and the arched portions of the crosswires extendabove the top strand-wire and overlap, being welded as at 8. The freeends of the cross-wires extend down in confree end portions do notproject out in such Way as to catch the clothing or injure the person,but are flush or practically flush with the top strand-wire so that ifthe hand is moved over the top strand-wire, it does not strike the freeends of the cross-wires. This furthermore gives a very neat appearanceto the fence and the arched-portions of the cross-wires instead ofoverlapping and being welded to the top strand-wire, are welded to eachother, which gives additional strength to the fence.

The fence constructed in this form may be rolled up in bundles forshipment and when unrolled and stretched provides a very neat andattractive fence and at the same time with. sufficient rigidity andstrength to stand the Wear and tear which such a fence is subjected to.

What I claim is:

1. In a wire-fence, the combination of,

AUGUST G. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

CHAUNOEY S. DUVALL, ETHEL M. GosLIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

